a r t i s t : Ellery Eskelin - Andrea Parkins
t i t l e : Green Bermudas
d a t e : 1996
l a b e l : Eremite
g e n r e : Jazz
r l s. d a t e : Jun/2006
t r a c k s : 12
b i t r a t e : VBRkbps
s i z e : 73,1 MB
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andrea parkins sampler
ellery eskelin tenor saxophone
Recorded 11 june 1996, in new york city
fifty-seven cracked minutes of tenor and sampler woozery.
Includes radical extensions of the 'song-poem' form pioneered
by ellery's father, the legendary rodd keith. one of the more
resolutely 'out' recordings you are likely to hear, really.
"If your idea of music is a squawking, screeching tenor paired
with utterly dissimilar background keyboard samples, then
Eskelin and Parkins are for you. These 12 selections are a
tribute to cacophony. Need I say that they are all originals?
Mercifully, a few numbers, 'The Cocktail Hour,' 'Scratch' and
'Sleight of Hand' are brief, between one and two minutes. 'The
Cocktail Hour' sounds like the buzzing of a thousand demented
insects. If the instrumental numbers don't accelerate a
descent into madness, the vocals on 'Mary Jane's Dilemma' and
'Yummy Love' should do the trick. 'Flamingo' is intended as a
ballad, I think, while 'Behind the Curtain' suggests the
machinations of a deranged wizard -- an appropriate metaphor
for this release. The promotional buzz for Green Bermudas
calls it a testament to the ingenuity and weirdness of the
human spirit and instructs the listener to dig it. I don't
think so." --marcela breton, jazztimes
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01-More Or Less The Truth [03:06]
02-Mary Jane's Dilemma [05:11]
03-The Cocktail Hour [01:41]
04-Flamingo [02:16]
05-With Bells and Drums [09:07]
06-Yummy Love [02:45]
07-Sleight Of Hand [02:03]
08-Behind The Curtain [04:29]
09-Green Bermudas [03:29]
10-Scratch [01:00]
11-Untitled Two [09:24]
12-This Warm Secret Dial [11:58]
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